Ezekiel 38:5

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

Persia ... Libya. Expressly specified by Appian as supplying the ranks of Antiochus' army.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Libya and Ethiopia, mixed with the northern invaders, are tribes from the extreme south, to show that this is a general combination of the foes of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) Persia, Cush, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: (c) The Persians, Ethiopians and men of Africa.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 38. Gog's Invasion ( Ezekiel 38:1-9 ), Design ( Ezekiel 38:10-16 ), and Destruction ( Ezekiel 38:17-23 ). Gog, of the land of Magog, seems...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ethiopia . Cush. Libya . Phut. Compare Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 30:5 . These were descended from Ham ( Genesis 10:6 ).
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Persia - That a part of this country was tributary to Antiochus, see 1 Mac...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Persia— The Persians are here mentioned among the auxiliary forces of Gog, which seems to subvert the opinion of Calmet; for it appears by no mea...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

§ 1. The Restoration (Ezekiel 33-39) After an introductory passage ( Ezekiel 33:1-20 ), and two short prophecies against the wicked survivors of J...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Persia ] a doubtful rendering. Ethiopia, and Libya] RV 'Cush and Put': see on Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 30:5 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya. — Having summoned the nations from the extreme north, the prophet now turns first to the east, and then to the south a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JEHOVAH'S FINAL VICTORY Ezekiel 38:1-23 ; Ezekiel 39:1-29 THESE Chapter s give the impression of having been intended to stand at the close of...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final message concerning the nation dealt with matters far removed from the times of the prophet. In the dim distance he saw Gog of the land of M...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The curious in searching for the discovery of what is concealed, more than for the improvement of what the Lord hath made known, have been much puzzl...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Persia, Ethiopia, and Lybia with them ,.... These are the confederates or auxiliaries of the Turks, which shall join with them in this expedition. P...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Ver. 5. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya. ] A numerous army from all parts....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws I will disappoint all thy designs, and turn thee about as easily as a fisherman masters a great...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Gog and Magog. B. C. 585. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Persia; the land for the people who a Mahometans, and enemies to the name of Christ. Ethiopia; not the African, which is Abyssinia, or Nubia, or...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And I will turn you about, and put hooks in your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all you army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in ful...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE WARLIKE ASSAULT OF GOG, AND ITS REPULSE. (Chap. 38) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 38:2 . “Gog.” “An ideal name; it is simply the root of Magog,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 38:2 . Set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog. Gog is here taken for the king, or collectively for the princes of Scythia, Iberia, an...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The present and the following chapters, comprising the next oracle, or "word of God," delivered by the prophet, relate to the expedit...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Persia, representing the far East, Ethiopia, representing the remote South, and Libya with them, standing for the enemies of the Southwest, along...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 1:8 ; Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 30:5 ; Genesis 10:6 ; Nahum 3:9

⁵ Persia, Ethiopia, and Libyab with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 38:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 38:5